Charlotta Hauksdottir says, "My work seeks to evoke contemplation about our relationship with the environment.

For two decades, I've photographed landscapes of my native Iceland, witnessing firsthand the impacts of climate change.

This ongoing project is a visual articulation of these changes and by hand-cutting photographs and layering, the work simulates the physical features of the landscape.

Some pieces have removed sections of photographs, layered on top of black fabric, representing the erosion of nature, or text from an essay on global warming, serving as a reminder of the dangers we confront.

Recently nature's resilience has become a source of inspiration. Drawing from the persistence of life growing from concrete cracks, I cut and layer photographs in a similar pattern. Those pieces signify renewal and hope, a visual testament to nature's remarkable ability to endure. I am also intertwining branches wrapped with photographs, weaving together elements of the landscape. Symbolizing both the devastation wrought upon nature and the potential for proactive human intervention."

Charlotta María Hauksdóttir is an award winning visual artist based in California, who uses photography, collage and mixed media in her work.

Residing in the USA for over 20 years, she still draws inspiration from her home country Iceland.

Her work centers around the unique connection one has to places and moments in time, and how memories embody and elevate those connections.

Hauksdóttir received a BA in Photography from the Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome, Italy and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute.

She also holds a Diploma in Creative and Critical Thinking from the Iceland Academy of the Arts.

Her work has been exhibited around the world, with solo exhibitions in the USA, Russia, and Iceland as well as numerous group shows and photography festivals.

Her photographs have been published in several magazines and books, as well as a monograph “A Sense of Place - Imprints of Iceland” published by Daylight Books that is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, SFMOMA, and Princeton among others.

Hauksdóttir’s work is also part of numerous private and public collections such as Stanford Health Care and Reykjavik Museum of Photography.

Images for Sale-

Erosion XIV - 14"H x 22" W
Archival paper, hand cut and layered with mixed media
$1400 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back

Erosion XIX - 14"H x 22" W
Archival paper, hand cut and layered with mixed media
$1400 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back

Reclamation IV - 16"H x 20" W
Archival paper, hand cut and wrapped around branches sewed together
$2200 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back

Reclamation VII - 8"H x 16" W
Archival paper, hand cut and wrapped around branches sewed together
$1800 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back

Resurgence IV - 14"H x 22" W
Archival paper, hand cut and layered with mixed media
$1400 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back

Resurgence IX- 14"H x 22" W
Archival paper, hand cut and layered with mixed media
$1400 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back

Contact-
Charlotta Hauksdottir 
charlottamh@gmail.com

www.charlottamh.com
www.instagram.com/charlottamh

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